Designed to promote youth outreach and inspire the next generation of enthusiasts, the project was completed with the help of three high school students from Alhambra High School in Alhambra, a well as Kang, award-winning vehicle builder Steve Strope and members of the SEMA Garage. Together the team transformed a 1972 Ford Maverick aptly titled “The Underdog” by Kang. Kang first drove the Maverick in the Fast & Furious movie in Brazil and immediately fell in love with the vehicle. Kang feels that “the Maverick has always been underappreciated, overlooked and undervalued… “The Underdog.” But those who love her are loyal forever.”

The project, sponsored by Shell, featuring Pennzoil, and SEMA, highlights automotive education for youth which is an initiative of both companies along with Kang. Following its debut at the SEMA Show, the completed vehicle will be auctioned off to raise money for the SEMA Memorial Scholarship Foundation, which provides financial support to students pursuing careers in the automotive industry.

The build was recorded and shared in a popular online video series filled with raw, behind-the-scenes footage, intimate conversations and real-time progress every step of the way, made possible by SEMA and Shell, featuring Pennzoil.

The final build, which is supported by Shell, featuring Pennzoil, and Ford Motor Company, Samsung, NITTO, GReddy, Rocket Bunny and Facebook, will debut at the 2016 trade-only SEMA Show on Nov. 1-4 in Las Vegas, NV.

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